What next after the US and Iran failed to reach agreement in Islamabad
Interview, CNN,
Dr Hellyer discussed on CNN International the failed US-Iran talks in Islamabad and Washington's blockade. He said the blockade is unlikely to work because Iran would rather go down fighting than sign what it sees as a surrender.
they would prefer to go down fighting, even if that's not entirely a rational decision as far as the rest of us are concerned, than sign a deal that they view to be surrender
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H.A. Hellyer, interview, “What next after the US and Iran failed to reach agreement in Islamabad,” CNN, 13 April 2026, https://www.rusi.org/news-and-comment/in-the-news/cnn-what-next-after-us-and-iran-failed-reach-agreement-islamabad.
Hellyer, H.A. (2026, April 13). What next after the US and Iran failed to reach agreement in Islamabad [Interview]. CNN. https://www.rusi.org/news-and-comment/in-the-news/cnn-what-next-after-us-and-iran-failed-reach-agreement-islamabad
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